Poll: Viewers of Obama’s State of the Union address overwhelmingly approve

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Jan 29, 2014 at 12:01 AMJan 29, 2014 at 2:57 PM

Good news HERE for President Obama:

CNN’s instant polling among Americans who watched Tuesday’s State of the Union found an overwhelming majority reacting positively to President Barack Obama’s address, as it has four times previously during his presidency.

The network’s poll found that 76 percent of Americans viewed the speech somewhat or very positively, in line with reactions to his previous speeches, although the percentage with “very positive” views declined. Last year, 77 percent of watchers reported a positive view of the speech to CNN, and slightly higher numbers approved of Obama’s speeches in three previous years. (The network didn’t ...

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Good news HERE for President Obama:

CNN’s instant polling among Americans who watched Tuesday’s State of the Union found an overwhelming majority reacting positively to President Barack Obama’s address, as it has four times previously during his presidency.

The network’s poll found that 76 percent of Americans viewed the speech somewhat or very positively, in line with reactions to his previous speeches, although the percentage with “very positive” views declined. Last year, 77 percent of watchers reported a positive view of the speech to CNN, and slightly higher numbers approved of Obama’s speeches in three previous years. (The network didn’t ...